Chinese

About Chinese

'Chinese' refers to anything pertaining to 'China'. Specifically, it may refer to:

★ Chinese people, people of Chinese ethnicity and/or nationality

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★ ''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic Chinese nationality

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★ Han Chinese, the dominant ethnic group in China

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★ Ethnic minorities in China, the non-Han Chinese population in mainland China and Taiwan

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★ Overseas Chinese, people of Chinese ancestry who live outside China

★ Chinese language, a language or language family that forms part of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages

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★ Standard Mandarin, the standard spoken form of the Chinese and most commonly taught as a foreign language. It is also an official language in the predominately Chinese Singapore.

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★ Standard Cantonese, often officially referred to as "Chinese" in the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau in the People's Republic of China

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★ Spoken Chinese, many regional variants of the Chinese language

★ Written Chinese, the writing system of China. ''See also'' Chinese character

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★ Hanja Chinese characters used in writing Korean language

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★ Kanji Chinese characters used in writing Japanese language

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★ Romanization of Chinese. There are several systems.

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★ Simplified Chinese character, used in Singapore and the People's Republic of China

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★ Traditional Chinese character, used in Taiwan and many Overseas Chinese communities.

★ Chinese cuisine, styles of cooking originating from China

See also

★ Culture of China, including:

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★ Chinese art

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★ Chinese folklore

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★ Chinese literature

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★ Chinese mythology

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★ Chinese poetry

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★ History of China

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★ Music of China, including C-pop

★ Chinese name
'Chinese' may also used as a modifier for Western activities and items that are most likely not of Chinese origin, such as:

★ Chinese auction

★ Chinese checkers

★ Chinese fire drill

★ Chinese poker

★ Chinese whispers

★ Pâté chinois
For the etymology of the word 'Chinese', see Names of China.

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